KXTF

KXTF, virtual and UHF digital channel 35, is a TCT Network owned-and-operated television station licensed to Twin Falls, Idaho, United States and serving Southern Idaho's Magic Valley. The station is owned by Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television. KXTF's transmitter is located on Flat Top Butte in unincorporated Jerome County east of Jerome and US 93. The station can also be seen on Cable ONE channel 6 and in high-definition on digital channel 475.

KXTF
Twin Falls, Idaho
United States
ChannelsDigital: 35 (UHF)
Virtual: 35 (PSIP)
Programming
AffiliationsTCT (O&O)
Ownership
OwnerTri-State Christian Television
(Tri-State Christian TV, Inc.)
History
First air dateJanuary 1989 (1989-01)
Former call signsKKVI (1989–1997)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
35 (UHF, 1989–2009)
Former affiliationsAnalog/DT1:
ABC (1989–1996)
Fox (1989–2012; secondary until 1996)
This TV (2012–2013)
Dark (2013–2014, 2014–2015)
Cozi TV (2014, 2015–2017)
DT2:
LATV (2007–2009)
This TV (2009–2012)
Call sign meaningFoX/Christ (X) Twin Falls
(in reference to former affiliation)
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID1255
ERP49.4 kW
HAAT152 m (499 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°43′41.6″N 114°24′46.1″W
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websitewww.tct.tv

History
Former KXTF logo, used until June 30, 2012.

The station originally signed on the air in January 1989 as KKVI, operating as a satellite station of Pocatello ABC affiliate KPVI; it also carried Fox as a secondary affiliation during the late evening hours. This arrangement ended when KPVI ended its ABC affiliation to become an NBC affiliate in 1996. KKVI could not operate as an NBC affiliate because the network's Boise affiliate KTVB provided NBC network programming to Twin Falls via a low-power broadcast translator. The station then chose to switch to Fox full-time.

KXTF discontinued its Fox affiliation on July 1, 2012, following a dispute with the network over retransmission consent; several other stations lost their Fox affiliations a year earlier for similar reasons.[1] The station subsequently affiliated with This TV;[2] Pocatello sister station KFXP also lost its affiliation on that date and also joined This TV[3] (MyNetworkTV affiliate KXPI-LD, which is repeated on the second digital channel of CBS affiliate KIDK, took over the Fox affiliation for the Pocatello–Idaho Falls market[4]). Unlike KFXP, which restricted This TV programming to the morning and overnight time periods (with general entertainment programming airing in daytime and primetime slots), KXTF carried This TV's entire programming schedule. The Fox affiliation in Twin Falls moved to MyNetworkTV affiliate KTWT-LP as a primary affiliation (MyNetworkTV effectively moved to secondary status).[5]

KXTF went dark on March 18, 2013 due to the end of its lease of its studio facilities on North Blue Lakes Boulevard in Twin Falls, which were demolished on April 1.[6] It returned to the air from studios on Second Street in March 2014 as an affiliate of Cozi TV.[7][8][9] Intermountain West Communications Company reached a deal to sell KXTF and KPVI-DT to Broadcast Partners in June 2013; Idaho Broadcast Partners is a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management.[10][11] The sale was completed on May 13, 2014.[12] Ten days later, on May 23, 2014, KXTF again ceased broadcasting, citing technical problems;[13] the station returned in May 2015, still affiliated with Cozi TV.[14][15]

On January 29, 2016, Frontier Radio Management sold Idaho Broadcast Partners to NBI Holdings, LLC,[16] which owns Northwest Broadcasting.[17] The sale was completed on March 24.[18] In November 2017, Northwest Broadcasting agreed to donate KXTF to Tri-State Christian Television.[19] After the donation, the station became a TCT O&O, adding TCT HD and TCT Kids to its subchannels.

Newscasts

KXTF simulcast KPVI on Fox News at 9, a half-hour 9 p.m. newscast produced for Pocatello sister station KFXP by NBC affiliate KPVI-DT (which operated KFXP through an operational agreement with owner Compass Communications). As a result of both stations disaffiliating from Fox on July 1, 2012, the newscast was canceled with the last broadcast airing on June 30, 2012.[20] The station eventually began airing KPVI More at 5:30 p.m. weeknights, but the program contained no weather or sports updates and focused on features, rather than day to day news coverage.

gollark: WHY would it come to their attention?
gollark: So its ONLY property is that the foundation can't contain it?
gollark: Apollyon means "it will destroy everything ææææææææææææææ", although it seems to be disliked now.
gollark: Keter means "it can be contained but it's hard".
gollark: Or just "uncontainable".

References
  1. Malone, Michael (May 21, 2012). "Idaho Station KXTF and Fox Part Ways". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. "Twin Falls TV Station KXTF to Drop FOX Programming". Times-News. May 17, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  3. "Eastern Idaho to Lose Fox Network Affiliate". KPVI News 6. May 17, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  4. Fisher's KXPI Grabs Fox Affiliation in Idaho Falls, Broadcasting & Cable, June 15, 2012.
  5. Malone, Michael (June 6, 2012). "Neuhoff's KTWT Snags Fox Affiliation in Idaho". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  6. Toddre, Ralph (March 1, 2013). "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  7. "Resumption of Operations". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 10, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  8. "FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report". KidVid Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 7, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  9. "COZI TV Network Affiliation Agreement Binding Term Sheet" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. February 25, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  10. Seyler, Dave (June 14, 2013). "Intermountain sells two more TVs". Television Business Report. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  11. "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 14, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  12. Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 15 May 2014
  13. "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 2, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  14. "Resumption of Operations". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 21, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  15. "FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report". KidVid Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 21, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  16. Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission
  17. Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations - Federal Communications Commission
  18. Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  19. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  20. Malone, Michael (May 22, 2012). "KTXF Staffers Moving on After Fox Split". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
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